One of the feature plugins under development for possible inclusion to WordPress 4.1 is called Focus. Focus enhances the Distraction Free Writing mode in WordPress. Janneke Van Dorpe is the lead developer for the project with Mark Jaquith and Andrew Ozz contributing as well. Unlike DFW mode in Word
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Today's digital workplace is constantly inundated with new applications and devices, as tech investment also decentralizes. Top technology leaders are seeking an orderly path to improvement, yet the the way forward remains more turbulent than ever. Fortunately, there are perspectives that can help.
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The Federal Trade Commission is suing AT for slowing down Internet speeds for some customers with unlimited data plans, the agency announced in a press release Tuesday. After certain customers exceeded a certain amount of data, AT allegedly "throttled" the customers' Internet usage, the agency cl
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Code School is an online development learning portal that has taught more than 1 million beginning developers how to code since its release in 2011. The online development guide is complete with over 300 instructional videos in JavaScript, HTML/CSS, Ruby, iOS and Git, and Chrome DevTools. To bring
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Schmidt thinks it's a waste of time for companies to build the same foundations again and again, which is why he founded Meteor, which builds an open source web programming framework that anyone can use to build complex, desktop-style applications in the browser. "The idea of Meteor is that everyon
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If you, like me, have wondered whether the innovation-as-buzzword trend is having much of an impact on government today, a new, very thorough and much-needed report from IBM Center for the Business of Government addresses this issue head-on.
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Accessory manufacturer VisionTek today announced the new VisionTek USB Pocket SSD line of thumb drive-sized SSDs. The USB 3.0 drive can be used with nearly any Windows, OS X, and Linux based system, with performance of up to 455MB/s read and 440MB/s write in a pocket-sized drive....
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Orchestrate, a leading database-as-a-service (DBaaS) company, has just announced the addition of geospatial search to its database service. Late last month, the company announced significant enhancements to its Search API, made in preparation for the new geospatial search feature. The enhancements
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AT has admitted that it has suffered a data breach, and is warning customers about the intrusion. The communications provider has written to the Vermont attorney general about the breach, which took place in August, though unlike similar breaches at Home Depot, Target, and itself, this was instigat
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wabrandsma writes From WinBeta: "One of the more interesting bits of data the company is collecting is text entered. Some are calling this a keylogger within the Windows 10 Technical Preview, which isn't good news. Taking a closer look at the Privacy Policy for the Windows Insider Program, it looks l
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Apple's iCloud appears to be down for some users, with many people reporting issues logging into iCloud.com and accessing iCloud content like Mail, Calendar, and Notes. According to Apple's System Status Page, all iCloud services and features are entirely inaccessible for some users, with the outage
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Having only made ambiguous references on Friday, Apple has today officially announced that it achieved a "record" 4 million preorders for the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus in the first 24 hours of availability. "Demand for the new iPhones exceeds the initial pre-order supply and while a significant amount will
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As the Obamacare roll-out showed, governments can make policy all they want--but effective technology is needed to make it reality. When Ron Bouganim, a Code for America program director and naturalized U.S. citizen from Canada, was in the middle of raising money for his new venture capital fund fo
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The list of major retailers that have been hacked keeps growing. But while tens of millions of people have seen their credit card numbers fall into the hands of hackers, online shoppers at those stores appear safe. In recent breaches at Target, Neiman Marcus and, most recently, Home Depot, the retail
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Following news that payments company Square recently gathered another $100 in funding, a report on Friday claims the firm declined an offer to join Apple reportedly worth some $3 billion.
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